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RR RUEHIK RUEHPOD RUEHYG
DE RUEHTL #0565 2411322
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 291322Z AUG 07
FM AMEMBASSY TALLINN
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 0127
INFO RUEHZG/NATO EU COLLECTIVE
RUEHDM/AMEMBASSY DAMASCUS 0011
RUEHBS/USEU BRUSSELS
UNCLAS TALLINN 000565
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR EUR/NB -- KATHERINE GARRY
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EUN JA KDEM PHUM PREL SA SY EN
SUBJECT: ESTONIA INTERESTED IN UNSCR 1737 TECHNICAL
SEMINAR
REF: STATE 119645
(SBU) On August 27, we delivered reftel points to Kadri
Jogi, MFA Acting Director for Middle East Affairs, on
the travel ban on Syrian activist Riad Seif. Jogi
thanked us for the information, but said given that
Estonia has no diplomatic presence in Damascus, there is
very little it can do to directly influence the
Government of Syria (GOS) and that the MFA is unlikely
to issue a public statement. However, Jogi said,
Estonia would support any action the EU takes on this
issue.
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